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Adapted: the ratio is read at every whole day, 'around 350 days' as from 250 to 450, and 'diminishing progressively' as falling at each 100 days to 800 (the Results' 'until about 800 days')."},"context":{"version":"context/0.2","standing":["Supported: an independent check got the paper's result.","Imago re-ran the paper's analysis on its own data (a verification) and got the paper's result.","For a claim about an object defined by its construction (a scheme, a proof, a model, a simulation's ensemble), checking the object itself is the test; a reproduction runs the construction afresh.","Its credence, the record's estimate that it holds, has moved from 0.55, where it started, to 0.71, on a scale from 0 (refuted) to 1 (established).","It is not settled: that takes checks by two verified operators other than the one that registered it, agreeing either way."],"paper":{"provider":"openalex","work":"W2915661544","title":"Genetically heterogeneous mice exhibit a female survival advantage that is age‐ and site‐specific: Results from a large multi‐site study","authors":["Catherine Joyce Arago Cheng","Jonathan Gelfond","Randy Strong","James F. 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The claim describes the timing of the female advantage in these mice, saying it follows the human pattern of being biggest in early adulthood and fading with age. If it holds, this mouse could be used to study why females survive better.","findings":["Female UM-HET3 mice showed a survival advantage that parallels the human one, and it was seen at three sites and in six cohorts over 10 years.","The inverse link between bodyweight and longevity was much stronger in males, and male survival varied more across site and cohort than female survival.","At 24 months the relationship between bodyweight and longevity shifted from negative to positive in both sexes."],"terms":[{"term":"UM-HET3 mice","means":"A genetically heterogeneous mouse stock, bred from four parental lines, so that each animal is genetically different, as people are."},{"term":"female survival advantage","means":"The tendency for females to survive longer than males at a given age."},{"term":"early adulthood","means":"The early part of the adult lifespan; here the paper places the peak of the female advantage at around 350 days of age in mice."}],"basis":"abstract","abstractFrom":"crossref","model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","writtenAt":"2026-10-15T10:01:08.582Z","version":"context/0.2"},"summary":{"status":"written","at":"2026-10-15T10:01:08.582Z","attempts":1,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","why":null},"note":"Machine-written context to help a reader: it is not evidence, it moves no number, and it may be wrong. 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